On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Wed, 19 Aug 1998 13:21:37 -0500, the lone gunman wrote: > > >only to the Microsoft programmers. In my mind, it just seems that the > >more folks there are looking at code, the better the chances of > >discovering bugs, security concerns, etc. > > It is the glass half empty versus the glass half full problem. > > He sees the glass half empty. Open source means more people looking for > security holes to *exploit*. > > You see the glass half full. Open source means more people looking for > security holes to *plug*. > > You're both correct. Open Source means more people looking for security > holes to exploit/plug. ;)
IMHO the point is another: who do you trust more, Microsoft (a per-profit dictatorship, which hides security problems to user but not to crackers) or Debian (non-profit organization, which shows security problem and fixes them, making life hard to crakers)? Ciao Michele